title: Filopodia-like actin cables position nuclei in association with perinuclear actin in Drosophila nurse cells.
abstract: Controlling the position of the nucleus is vital for a number of cellular processes from yeast to humans. In Drosophila nurse cells, nuclear positioning is crucial during dumping, when nurse cells contract and expel their contents into the oocyte. We provide evidence that in nurse cells, continuous filopodia-like actin cables, growing from the plasma membrane and extending to the nucleus, achieve nuclear positioning. These actin cables move nuclei away from ring canals. When nurse cells contract, actin cables associate laterally with the nuclei, in some cases inducing nuclear turning so that actin cables become partially wound around the nuclei. Our data suggest that a perinuclear actin meshwork connects actin cables to nuclei via actin-crosslinking proteins such as the filamin Cheerio. We provide a revised model for how actin structures position nuclei in nurse cells, employing evolutionary conserved machinery.
authors.affiliation: Gurdon Institute and Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huelsmann
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ylänne
authors.forename: Nicholas H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D064448:Filamins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011554:Pseudopodia / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D015820:Cadherins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D064448:Filamins; C501889:shg protein, Drosophila